Halfway Through The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 5.4% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-14.8%) And 160-169 (-9.2%))

We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2022 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is down 5.4% compared to last year at this time.

119 of the 199 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up 50% or more at 3 law schools, and 30% or more at 19 law schools:

Applicants are up in only one region: Other; and are down the most in Midwest (-13.2%), Far West (-10.4%), and Northeast (-10.1%):

Applicants' LSAT scores are down -14.8% in the 170-180 band, -9.2% in the 160-169 band, -1.2% in the 150-159 band, and -1.8% in the 120-149 band:

Hispanic|Latino applicants are up +3.3%; Asian applicants are up +2.3%; Not Indicated are down -2.1%; Black|African American applicants are down -3.4%; Puerto Rican applicants are down -6.8%; Caucasian|White applicants are down -7.9%; American Indian|Alaska Native applicants are down -8.8%; and Native Hawaiian|Other Pacific Islander applicants are down -10.9%:

Man applicants are down -5.6% and woman applicants are down -6.2%. Among the remaining gender categories, the largest increases are androgyne (+220.0%), transgender woman (+65.0%), and genderqueer or gender fluid (+42.5%):

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• 9% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 11.5%, With Biggest Increase (21.6%) Among The 150-159 LSAT Band (Oct. 4, 2021)
• 25% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 2.3%, But Down In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-11.2%)), Except 150-159 (+11.4%) (Nov. 15, 2021)
• 33% Through The Fall 2022 Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down 4.4% And In All LSAT Bands (Especially 170-180 (-13.6%)), Except 150-159 (+0.3%) (Nov. 29, 2021)

• Mike Spivey, The Fall 2022 Law School Admissions Season Opens With A Bang: Applicants Are Up 15% (Sept. 27, 2021)
• Mike Spivey, First Look At The Fall 2022 Admissions Cycle (Oct. 5, 2021)